Kill a person, get 1 000 000 Dollars

"The Box" is a movie, that came out in 2009, starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden. It takes place in the 70's and is basically about this box. The box contains a button and when you push that button, two things will happen:
1. A person, that you don't know, will die.
2. You will receive 1000000 dollars in cash.
Now what do you do?
I think the plot has so much potential, that it is rather sad to watch the movie evolve. All the sudden it is not about morality anymore but about some supernatural person, that likes to play around with people.

I rate this movie with 50/100, because the story could be really good, but unfortunately it is not.

Now, ask yourself: What would you do if somebody made that offer to you? Could you kill a person, even if you don't know that person? One million dollars is a lot of money, but is it worth the life of a human being?

Limitless

What would your life be like, if you could use every information that your brain has ever received? What would it be like if you could connect the dots, just like that? Limitless is a movie, that is about this situation. And it's pretty awesome too!

The Trailer pretty much says it all. The movie is about Edward Morra, that finds out about this weird drug, that let's him use 100% of his brain instead of only 20%. His whole life suddenly turns upside down and he becomes really successful. There is a lot of action going on and a lot of suspense. 

I rate this movie a 96/100 and you simply have to see it! It inspires you to make the best out of your life, and that's what a good movie is supposed to do!

Rome

"All roads lead to Rome" Yeah, yeah, pretty saying, but what was is it really like in the ancient city? I went there for a week and had a pretty good look at the buildings, the people, the art and all that good stuff. Here is my opinion:

When I first looked down from the plane onto the airport of Rome, my first thought was: "Geez! They need to water this gras!" I soon came to realize that 'watering the gras' doesn't do the job at all, because it is really hot in Rome! When you walk through the city you are constantly looking for shades to hide your skin from the sun, but other than that I really enjoyed the weather. 

Next up: the roman architecture! When you think about Rome you instantly think of the great empire, which was once situated there; with it's beautiful buildings made out of marble, the fine statures of the roman heros and and and. As I said before... That empire is long gone! As a matter of fact I don't think I have seen one building that wasn't patched up like a torn pair of pants! I don't know about you, but I don't consider that beautiful... Same thing goes for the statures. Sure, all that stuff is really old and all... I get it... But I don't like it. 

Churches... Rome is dominated by Christianity and they won't let the slightest chance go, to show how present they are. On one day we went from church to church and I couldn't believe my eyes, how mighty these churches were! As you might guess, I didn't like that either =)

Now what did I like about Rome? Well first of all, pretty much all alcohol is purchasable at the age of 16 - same goes for tobacco. And then the inhabitants... They were probably the best (especially the female part of the population). And last but not least the FOOD! LOVED IT!

There should be a Captain in there somewhere...

Greates role of Johnny Depp? Weeell, it's rather hard not to say "Jack Sparrow", when that question comes up. And I have to admit: he is pretty good as a Captain, but how are the movies he is performing in?

Pirates of the Caribbean (Curse of the Black Pearl) rocked the world! Everybody fell in love and Hollywood smelled the money, so a part 2&3 followed - unfortunately they were only "meh". Now the 4th part was released and how was that?

I watched it in the movies and that already gave the whole thing something special. The music of Pirates of the Caribbean (by Hans Zimmer) is truly amazing, but almost everybody abuses it for their documentary or something. It felt really good to hear the music in the place where it belongs again and i loved the movie.

I mean, I grew up with Pirates and seeing a new movie just dazzled me. I cannot judge it objectively, because there are to many emotions of mine attached to the characters, but I can say, that I rate it a 9/10!

Hallpass - Movie Review

When Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis make a movie, it has to be funny and this movie is really something...

Two married men, two desperate wives, one problem: The marriage is not working as it is supposed to. Of course the best solution to that problem is a one-week vacation from marriage, called a hall pass.
Never the less this week gets pretty crazy for both parties and there are some pretty funny moments involved.

I rate this movie a 9 out of 10, because if you have a sick and twisted sense of humor - like I definitely do - you will have a lot of fun!!

Who is this John Galt?

"Who is John Galt?" is the first sentence of the book "Atlas Shrugged" (1957, by Ayn Rand). But what does it mean and what is this book really all about? After all it got destroyed by some people and glorified by others.

I have read the book and I don't want to spoil the mystery about John Galt, so I won't tell you who he is, but I will tell you what the expression "Who is John Galt?" stands for. In the book the people use this phrase when they reach a point in a discussion or in their life, where they have no answer. Little do they know, that there is an answer, but they have to learn it the hard way, by destroying the world. And when the world is burning, they know who this ominous John Galt was.

That is also the plot of the novel. The world falls apart. Bit by bit. Ayn Rand does a marvelous job on describing the people in the book as well putting her philosophy - Objectivism - into act.
A lot of people loved this book and so did I. It kinda changed my life and I rate it a 100/100 out of a hundred, because if you read it carefully and take your time, think about the topics that are discussed it will also change your life.

This April there was a movie released, called Atlas Shrugged Part 1. I haven't seen it yet, but when I have, I'll write a review about it.

Osama bin Laden is dead?!

Have you heard the (good) news already?! Osama bin Laden is apparently dead! Obama announced that a couple of weeks ago and now I'm going to tell you what I think about it.

On May 2nd the terrorist leader - Osama - was shot by a navy seal. Good shot, I'd say. But why again was he the bad guy? Oh right he was the "mastermind" behind 9/11! Well, that was now almost 10 year ago! Why did it take that long to find him? It kind of seems the same situation when I lost my keys and I'm looking for them all over the house, but then it's in the place where I expected them the least.

Now he is dead. Or is he? Why hasn't the U.S. Government not released some more pictures? A video? Why do they act like they are scared? I don't like Mr. Obama a lot and I don't like the way he is handling the situation. If I were president - which I will never be - I would show the world that we killed the man, who hurt American people, so that everybody else knows that this is what happens to the people that mess with the United States. Also I wouldn't have given him a muslim funeral. I would have burned his body and spread the ashes in the wind.

Since non of this was done public, we cannot know for sure that Osama is really dead... So should I come up with a conspiracy? Osama bin Laden is still alive and he is the head of the FBI, he faked all of this just to give the American People some satisfaction and in 20 years or so he will "rise from the dead" and take over the world... Doesn't sound plausible? Well, I cannot know for sure that Norway exists or wether we live in the Matrix... Or can I know that? ;-)